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<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title> <Reaching Nova Metropolis> </title><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="html_resources/style.css"></head><body><div class="back"><a href="index.html"><</a></div>
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<h1>
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<Reaching Nova Metropolis>
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</h1>
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<p>
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<span class="quote speech">Good morning, Annie! Pancakes are ready.</span>
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<br />
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Jack takes his hand off her shoulder. She pushes herself up from her bed
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and looks around in confusion. James is driving the bus on a surprisingly
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very intact highway through a seemingly endless landscape of sand and
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sparse vegetation. The sun is already high up in the sky and
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yesterday's mountains are in the distance far behind them. Jack goes
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to wake up Michelle, then he tells James who stops the bus and turns off
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the engine.
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</p>
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<p>
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Annie swings her legs out of bed to sit up straight. She stretches,
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gets up, and walks <span class="comment">shuffles?</span> over to the
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table. Jack puts a large plate with a pile of pancakes in the center and
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grabs plates for everyone. He also places a few jars on the table:
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Honey, Chocco <span class="comment">TODO: Add an advert for Chocco
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somewhere earlier in the story. It's the in-universe equivalent
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of Nutella.</span>, and cinnamon with sugar <span class="comment">Is that
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combination as ubiquitous worldwide as it is in Germany? If so, does it
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have a proper name?</span>. James gets up from the driver's seat and Dora
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follows him, wagging her tail. They all sit down around the table,
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including Dora who sits on the floor and <span class="comment">macht
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große augen</span>.<br />
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<span class="comment">What is the English command for a dog to lay
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down?</span>
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle asks: <span class="quote speech">So when are we gonna reach
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the <mining company> pit?</span><br />
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Jack looks at James. James tilts his head slightly and shrugs.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">Like five hours ago?</span><br />
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<!-- Jack's shift until midnight, James' shift until 6AM, plan was for
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Michelle's shift to start at the pit, it is now 9AM. -->
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<span class="quote speech">You're kidding.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Didn't wanna wake you up.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Uhh...</span> Michelle is at a loss for words.
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<br />
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James grins.<br />
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She says: <span class="quote speech">Can't even be mad... But
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doesn't that mean that we're way ahead of time?</span><br />
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James shrugs again.<br />
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Jack glances at his watch and says: <span class="quote speech">About
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two and a half hours give or take. With a bit of luck, we'll be
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even more ahead when we arrive. We've had some quite favorable
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winds.</span><br />
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</p>
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<p>
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The four finish their meal and James feeds Dora. Afterwards, they do
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quick work of the dishes. Annie washes them, Jack rinses them off in
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a bowl of clean water, James dries them, and Michelle puts them away.
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Jack goes to the back of the bus to sleep. The others go to the front.
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</p>
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<p>
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Michelle sits down in the driver's seat and attempts to start
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the engine. Nothing happens.<br />
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James says: <span class="quote speech">Oh yeah, that's been an
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issue.</span><br />
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He grabs a wrench and a jumper cable. Michelle lets him out and he heads
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to the back. They hear him opening a panel followed by arcing noises
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and the engine starts cranking. Michelle turns the key and it fires up.
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</p>
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<p>
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James returns inside and yawns.<br />
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<span class="quote speech">The idea of a nap is very entising
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<span class="comment">spelling?</span> right about now...</span><br />
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Michelle says: <span class="quote speech">Well, you've earned
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it.</span><br />
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<span class="quote speech">Thinking about it but not yet...</span><br />
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He sits down behind Michelle and leans forward. <span class="comment">
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Mention at some point before this that there is no wall between the
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driver's seat and the passenger seats behind it. Maybe they removed
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it for some reason, maybe it wasn't there to begin with,</span>
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The engine roars as she accelerates the bus and they continue their way.
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</p>
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